This film isn't a must-see movie, some of the performances are a bit weak (ie Nino - a shame seeing as he's one of the main characters in the film) and there are only a few good jokes in it, but it's pacey, doesn't take itself too seriously and is quite enjoyable nevertheless. I appreciated that it was brave enough not to go for the obvious 'happy ending' and dealt with gay relationships in quite a mature way. It was great to see that for once a film showed that 'coming out' isn't all its cracked up to be without being melodramatic and artsy about it. It was particularly good that the script didn't get too preachy and go down the usual route of this type of gay film by making the central character some unbelievable kind of paragon of moral virtue.
Review of Mambo Italiano
